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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...changing society needs changing methods to make sense of itself. Open Methodologies offers a new way of research. Elizabeth Silva explains more...[Removal men at work] The starting premise is that open methodologies do not assume a reflective person as the originator of knowledge and meaning, but neither do they wholly relinquish the notion of the human, or favour...
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Article 5 mins
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...changed from a job that had a generally good gender balance to a very male dominant workplace. She compared the current workplace to walking into a pub. “People don’t realise how bizarre our working practices are in comparison to the real world. The banter in the morning, the music blaring, the swearing. I used to run bars and nightclubs and it was similar to that...
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Sartre: Love is a hazardous, painful struggle
History & The Arts

Sartre: Love is a hazardous, painful struggle

...Turner, shows the conflict and danger of love from Jean-Paul Sartre's perspective. ...For Jean-Paul Sartre, freedom was everything. For him the reality of romantic love isn’t blissful mutual respect and a merging of freedoms. Far from it: love is conflict. Real freedom means freedom to change your mind, freedom to fall out of love…For Sartre, then, love is hazardous....
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My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally
Education & Development

My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally

...changes. Taking time to educate myself has equipped me to understand how knowledge and understanding can make a huge difference to a person’s sense of acceptance. For example, language matters, and having an understanding of different pronouns shows the person that you respect their identity. It is also important to recognise that you might not get it right all the...
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Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...changes how designers work. Algorithmic ways of thinking have spawned algorithmic art as well as computer games and provide new ways for people to interact. They have transformed traditional analogue forms of art and design, such as painting, sculpture, and drawing, to introduce new kinds of visual complexity and textures. By thinking and designing with algorithms, this...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn

...to improve our health and fitness but sometimes we need a bit of help and inspiration. It's easy to put off making changes in lifestyle when you don't know how to take those important first steps to a better diet and exercise. So we've compiled some free courses and articles to inform and motivate you. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses....
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How do you become a digital artist?
History & The Arts

How do you become a digital artist?

...change the colours of his scanned artwork. Before too long, he began to do all of the studies for his paintings on the computer. This soon led to purely digital works, intended to exist only on screen. His experimentation with computer animation has brought his art to life. But anyone can do it - here's how: We caught up with Duggie to find out how he feels about digital...
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Postcards From The Past: Belfast
Society, Politics & Law

Postcards From The Past: Belfast

...changed around Belfast...[Giant's Causeway] Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, and the site has been occupied since the Bronze age. It is located at the mouth of the Lagan river on Belfast Lough, an inlet of the northern channel of the Irish Sea. The city is flanked by long lines of hills on two sides, the Antrim Hills in the north and...
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